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Olympiad Dresden - Round 1

So after all the anticipation the tournament proper with all it's new rules has started.

And already a number of surprises as a number of the higher seeded countries found that this was not the usual first round of an Olympiad where you play your weakest team and still get a good result.

In the open section France were held to a draw by Montenegro, Hungary drew with Iran, Latvia drew with Israel while Germany 2 beat Bulgaria, Venezuela defeated Croatia and Trinidad and Tobago beat New Zealand. All the open results.

In the ladies section the Iranians copied their men and drew with Germany 1, Argentina drew with Ukraine, the same for Greece and Mongolia, Australia and Belarus while Germany 2 defeated Sweden. All the ladies results.

As far as the African participants are concerned the results went according to seeding except for Malawi who managed to defeat their much higher rated neighbors Uganda in the Open section. Winning teams in the open section were Algeria, South Africa, Tunisia, Botswana and Malawi.

In the ladies section there were no surprises and the winning teams were South Africa, Algeria and Egypt.

Apart from the teams already mentioned as no shows for the first round a number of ladies teams that were originally registered were also not included in the draw. One would have to wait until the second round has been completed before one can establish a clear picture of exactly which African countries have pitched up. I suspect that some of the ladies teams have been left behind due to a lack of funds.

African Teams - Open

No.	SNo	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	SNo
14	49	Egypt	0	0	½	:	3½	0	0	Romania	14
26	62	Morocco	0	0	0	:	4	0	0	Moldova	26
38	74	Malaysia	0	0	3½	:	½	0	0	Libya	115
42	78	Turkmenistan	0	0	4	:	0	0	0	Mauritius	119
44	80	Algeria	0	0	4	:	0	0	0	Liechtenstein	123
48	85	IBCA	0	0	3	:	1	0	0	Angola	128
49	129	Hongkong	0	0	½	:	3½	0	0	South Africa	86
52	89	Tunisia	0	0	4	:	0	0	0	British Virgin Islands	132
54	133	Namibia	0	0	1	:	3	0	0	ICSC	91
60	140	Mozambique	0	0	1½	:	2½	0	0	Lebanon	97
61	98	Thailand	0	0	3	:	1	0	0	Ethiopia	141
64	144	Seychelles	0	0	½	:	3½	0	0	Nicaragua	103
65	104	Puerto Rico	0	0	4	:	0	0	0	Rwanda	145
66	146	Kenya	0	0	0	:	4	0	0	Jamaica	105
69	108	Panama	0	0	4	:	0	0	0	Gabon	149
70	150	Ghana	0	0	0	:	4	0	0	Botswana	110
71	111	Malta	0	0	3½	:	½	0	0	Madagascar	151
72	152	Malawi	0	0	2½	:	1½	0	0	Uganda	112

African Teams - Ladies

No.	SNo	Team	Pts.	MP	Res.	:	Res.	MP	Pts.	Team	SNo
42	70	Albania	0	0	4	:	0	0	0	Botswana	100
43	101	Angola	0	0	0	:	4	0	0	Scotland	71
45	103	Tunisia	0	0	0	:	4	0	0	South Africa	73
46	74	Algeria	0	0	4	:	0	0	0	South Korea	104
51	109	Kenya	0	0	0	:	4	0	0	Puerto Rico	79
54	82	Egypt	0	0	4	:	0	0	0	Seychelles	113